If you're a Project Runway fan, you're bound to be a bit frustrated by Garcia and Kors' notable absence from MANY episodes so far this season. Via Salon's television critic:

Patiently, I have waited for them, week after week, each week telling myself: Oh, come on now! Who's this friendly, blandly magnanimous professional, and where is sniffing, snotty, eye-rolling Michael Kors? How could anyone believe for a second that some rather polite, respectful fellow-editor person at Marie Claire (like we care about Marie Claire, by the way, just because Garcia was ousted from Elle and landed there) would be an adequate fill-in for that poker-faced, unamused, semi-indignant glare from Nina Garcia?

Yes, they're busy professionals who'll be back on the show soon, sure thing. Apparently Kors still designs clothing for old ladies (blame former contestant Santino Rice for that remark) and Garcia wants to keep this job by spending less time on the "Project Runway" set, glaring for the camera.

You know what, though? That's not good enough. These two are the stars of the show. Not Heidi Klum, for the love of Jean Paul Gaultier. Mon dieu, no! Michael Kors and Nina Garcia are the Tom Colicchio and Padma Lakshmi of "Project Runway." They are essential. Bring them back, or we'll lose interest fast.

For realz! The show isn't the same without them.